face

Summary

Sets or retrieves the current typeface family.

This example sets the typeface family using the FACE attribute and the face property.

<FONT FACE="Arial" ID=oFont>
:
<SCRIPT>
    alert(oFont.face + "\n" + "When you click this, the font will change");
    oFont.face = 'Courier';
    alert(oFont.face + "\n" + "The font has changed.");
</SCRIPT>

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Syntax

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 15.2.2 (Deprecated)

See also

Related pages

• baseFont
• font
• fontFamilyfontFamily

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]